Xenophora neozelanica | |
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Preserved specimen | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Xenophoridae |
Genus: | Xenophora |
Species: | X. neozelanica |
Binomial name | |
Xenophora neozelanica Suter, 1908 | |
Synonyms | |
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Xenophora neozelanica, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Xenophoridae, the carrier snails or carrier shells.
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